Principles of Optics

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Principles of Optics is a seminal textbook that rigorously develops the theory of electromagnetic waves and optical phenomena, profoundly shaping modern physical optics.


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instanceOf scientific monograph
textbook
7thEditionPublicationYear 1999 GENERATED
alsoKnownAs Born and Wolf GENERATED
approach mathematical formalism GENERATED
rigorous electromagnetic theory GENERATED
author Emil Wolf NERFINISHED
Max Born
contributor A. B. Bhatia
A. M. Taylor
A. R. Stokes
D. Gabor
P. A. Wayman GENERATED
P. C. Clemmow
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editionCount multiple editions GENERATED
field electromagnetism
optics
physical optics
firstPublicationYear 1959 GENERATED
influenced coherence theory in optics GENERATED
laser optics education GENERATED
modern physical optics GENERATED
language English GENERATED
notableEdition 7th edition GENERATED
notableFor development of coherence and statistical optics GENERATED
systematic treatment of interference and diffraction GENERATED
unified electromagnetic description of optical phenomena GENERATED
publisher Cambridge University Press GENERATED
Pergamon Press GENERATED
subject Fourier optics GENERATED
Maxwell’s equations in optics GENERATED
coherence theory GENERATED
crystal optics GENERATED
diffraction GENERATED
electromagnetic theory of light GENERATED
imaging systems GENERATED
interference GENERATED
optical instruments GENERATED
polarization GENERATED
propagation of electromagnetic waves GENERATED
scattering of light GENERATED
targetAudience advanced students of optics GENERATED
engineers GENERATED
physicists GENERATED
usedAs graduate-level optics textbook GENERATED
reference work for researchers GENERATED

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